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Abkhaz vs Akan


Akan vs Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Abkhazia  
Ghana  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Benin, United States of America  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Akan Orthography Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
  • Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
  • Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Caucasian languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
62  
36
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
10  
7

How Many Consonants
60  
36
16  
6

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks  
8
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  
ete-sen  

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  
meda ase  

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  
wo ho te sɛn?  

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  
maadwo  

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
maadwo  

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
maaha  

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  
maakye  

Please
Not Available  
wae  

Sorry
Not Available  
Kafra  

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  
bye  

I Love You
Not available  
Me doכ wo  

Excuse Me
Not available  
mepa wo kyɛw  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Asante  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
9,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
9,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Fante  

Where They Speak
Turkey  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,900,000.00  
15

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  
Akan  

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian  
Not Available  

French Name
abkhaze  
akan  

German Name
Abchasisch  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people  
Akan people  

History

Origin
c. 1650  
15  

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Abkhaz  
Akan  

Language Position
Not Available  
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ab  
ak  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk  
aka  

ISO 639 2/B
abk  
aka  

ISO 639 3
abk  
aka  

ISO 639 6
abks  
Not Available  

Glottocode
abkh1244  
akan1251  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Abkhaz and Akan Language History

Comparison of Abkhaz vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Abkhaz and Akan language. History of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650 whereas history of Akan language states that this language originated in 15. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Abkhaz and Akan Language History.

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Abkhaz and Akan Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Abkhaz and Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Akan language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Abkhaz vs Akan Difficulty

The Abkhaz vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz Alphabets and Akan Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Abkhaz and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.

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